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| 1 | I/T to touch someone or something gently and move them slightly , or make a soft knocking sound 轻触；轻移；轻敲；轻拍 |
| Michael tapped his nose with his forefinger. 迈克尔用食指轻轻碰了碰自己的鼻子。 |
| He tapped another code into the computer. 他往电脑里键入了另一个密码。 |
| Several young men sat tapping away at keyboards (=using computers) . 几个年轻人坐着不停地敲计算机键盘。 |
| +at/on/against We could hear someone tapping at the door. 我们能听见有人在轻轻地敲门。 |
| tap sb on sth I tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped. 我轻轻地拍了拍他的肩膀，他惊得跳了起来。 |
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| 2 | T to use electronic equipment to secretly listen to what someone says on the telephone （使用电子设备）窃听（电话） |
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| 3 | T to get a substance from a particular place or object 获得；获取 |
| The scheme aimed to tap underground water resources. 该计划的目的在于获取地下水资源。 |
| tapping trees for rubber 从树木里获取橡胶 |
| | 3a | to get money from a particular person 向…索取（钱） | | tap sb for sth I’ ll have to tap Mum for my bus fare. 我得向妈妈要车费。 | |
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| 4 | tap T if you tap something such as someone’ s ability or a supply of information , you use it or get some benefit from it 开发；利用 |
| Are you tapping your staff’ s full potential? 你是不是充分挖掘了员工的潜力？ |
| This was a market other magazines had not been tapping. 这是一个其他杂志还未开发的市场。 |
| Words frequently used with tap | | tap 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | firmly, gently, lightly, rapidly, repeatedly, softly, | 1 | | | |
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| - | ˈtap ˌinto |
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| 1 | tap1 4 | There is a supply of skilled workers that they can tap into. 有一批熟练工人可供他们使用。 | |
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| 2 | tap into sth: to understand and express something such as people’ s beliefs or attitudes 洞悉；体恤 | the senator’ s ability to tap into the American psyche 该参议员深刻体察美国精神的本领 | |
| - | ˌtap ˈout |
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| 1 | to create a particular pattern of sounds by hitting a surface gently with your fingers （以手指）轻敲出（声音） | | 1a | to use your fingers to do something such as call a telephone number or write something using a computer keyboard 拨（电话号码）；打（字） | | I could hear him tapping out another job application. 我能听见他在打另一份求职信。 | | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN to make you feel very tired 使筋疲力尽 |
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| 3 | AMERICAN to use all the money that someone or something has available 花光（钱） |
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